My Summer Poem

In Room five we have been learning to write a poem about summer inspired by a poem by Marci Ridlon. Marci Ridlon wrote a poem about her summer and we wrote a poem about our summer. Here is mine.

Remember that time when you

swallowed a mouthful

of salt water YUCK!

and the scent of salt  

when you were walking

in the water?

Remember how the water felt

on your toes when you

were just walking there?

That was summer.

Remember that time
when you ate
such a big piece of ice

cream that you got brain freeze?

Remember how when you were sleeping

the mosquitoes bugged you?

That was summer.

Remember that time
when you smelled the pavement after a storm

and the time when you were so hot  

you collapsed to the ground?

Remember how when you hopped into

the cold shower after a big walk and it felt so

refreshing?

That was summer.

Remember that time

when you found a piece

of greenstone and FREAKED OUT!

And the time when your parents

were being embarrassing in

public?

Remember how the air changed when

you walked into the shop?

That was summer.

Remember that time

when you  belly-flopped into

into the river

and got everyone WET!

Or the time when you saw

an eel in the lake

and you FREAKED OUT!

Remember how you looked at the

river and asked if you could

hop in but they said

NO?

That was summer.